On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 02:22:53PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: > >>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hamish> Why doesn't jdk1.1 provide java-virtual-machine? That's an > Hamish> officially listed virtual package and would have avoided > Hamish> this problem, and would also solve two bug reports filed > Hamish> against guavac. > > Because I wasn't sure if that was still a valid virtual package name? :) > > We've gone round the issue of virtual packages for jvm's a couple of > times & I'm still not certain anything got decided. Next release will > comply.
I agree, there is some confusion. Some jdk 1.1 specific names were proposed too but I don't know if they are official or not. Is there any traffic on debian-java? I subscribed but haven't seen anything. I have reassigned you my two finest bug reports about java-virtual-machine :-) thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
